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From: woodburn@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: 'lectric guitar advice, please
Message-ID: <11600003@uiucdcsp>
Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 16:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 28 16:38:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!woodburn    Sep 28 15:38:00 1985


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I'd appreciate some advice on buying my first electric guitar.

My musical background is mainly piano, but I've been banging
around on an old classical guitar for the past few months.
As a result, I have a solid background in music theory, I can
pick out a few chords, and I know the fingerboard fairly well.

I'll be playing mostly blues and jazz.  Favorites of mine are
B. B. King, George Benson, and Earl Klugh.

What I'm really looking for is something to fool around with in
my free time.  At the most, I'd like to jam with a few friends.
My ambitions aren't that great, but most of the people that I've
talked with still say "don't scrimp."  They recommend buying a
good guitar now that'll hold its value, then selling it in a few
years and buying a great guitar.

Any tips or recommendations?  Please mail them to me.  I'll be
happy to return a summary of the responses to anyone who wants it.

Tom Woodburn			UUCP:   ...!uiucdcs!woodburn
University of Illinois		ARPA:   woodburn@uiuc.ARPA
at Urbana-Champaign		CSnet:  woodburn@uiuc.CSnet

P.S.  I originally posted this to "net.music.guitar", but that
group seems pretty quiet (like dead).  Doesn't anybody read it?


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